Lineup Archive

Reading & Leeds 1989 lineup

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 61 acts for Reading & Leeds 1989 across 2 stages. Headliners were New Order, The Pogues and The Mission. 58 acts appeared at Reading & Leeds for the first time in our records.

61acts
2stages
95%first time at Reading & Leeds
Friday
New Order
The Sugarcubes House of Love Swans Tackhead That Petrol Emotion My Bloody Valentine Spacemen 3 Gaye Bykers on Acid
Tom Robinson Andy Pawlak The River Detectives Evon Brenon The Senators The Barely Works Ancient Beat Box The Jack Rubies God's Little Monkeys
Saturday
The Pogues
New Model Army The Wedding Present Billy Bragg Green on Red Mary Coughlan The Men They Couldn't Hang Les Négresses Vertes Bhundu Boys
Something Happens The Cropdusters Frank Sidebottom Edward II & the Red Hot Polka John Wesley Harding Sons of the Desert Joolz Denby To Hell with Burgundy Orchestra Jazira Shanty Dam Kevin Kennedy & A Bunch of Thieves Los Pistoleros McCavity's Cat
Sunday
The Mission
The Wonder Stuff Butthole Surfers Voice of the Beehive Pop Will Eat Itself Crazyhead Jesus Jones Loop Head of David
World Dom Enterprises Clive Gregson / Christine Collister Stephen Fearing Sally Timms Ted Hawkins Hank Wangford King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys All Because The Lady Loves Gutter Brothers The Dinner Ladies Andrew Cunningham Peter Jagger

Friday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1New Order
  2. 2The Sugarcubes
  3. 3House of Love
  4. 4Swans
  5. 5Tackhead
  6. 6That Petrol Emotion
  7. 7My Bloody Valentine
  8. 8Spacemen 3
  9. 9Gaye Bykers on Acid

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1Tom Robinson
  2. 2Andy Pawlak
  3. 3The River Detectives
  4. 4Evon Brenon
  5. 5The Senators
  6. 6The Barely Works
  7. 7Ancient Beat Box
  8. 8The Jack Rubies
  9. 9God's Little Monkeys

Saturday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Pogues
  2. 2New Model Army
  3. 3The Wedding Present
  4. 4Billy Bragg
  5. 5Green on Red
  6. 6Mary Coughlan
  7. 7The Men They Couldn't Hang
  8. 8Les Négresses Vertes
  9. 9Bhundu Boys
  10. 10Something Happens

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1The Cropdusters
  2. 2Frank Sidebottom
  3. 3Edward II & the Red Hot Polka
  4. 4John Wesley Harding
  5. 5Sons of the Desert
  6. 6Joolz Denby
  7. 7To Hell with Burgundy
  8. 8Orchestra Jazira
  9. 9Shanty Dam
  10. 10Kevin Kennedy & A Bunch of Thieves
  11. 11Los Pistoleros
  12. 12McCavity's Cat

Sunday lineup

Main stage

  1. 1The Mission
  2. 2The Wonder Stuff
  3. 3Butthole Surfers
  4. 4Voice of the Beehive
  5. 5Pop Will Eat Itself
  6. 6Crazyhead
  7. 7Jesus Jones
  8. 8Loop
  9. 9Head of David
  10. 10World Dom Enterprises

Mean Fiddler stage

  1. 1Clive Gregson / Christine Collister
  2. 2Stephen Fearing
  3. 3Sally Timms
  4. 4Ted Hawkins
  5. 5Hank Wangford
  6. 6King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys
  7. 7All Because The Lady Loves
  8. 8Gutter Brothers
  9. 9The Dinner Ladies
  10. 10Andrew Cunningham
  11. 11Peter Jagger
On this bill

Their festival histories

Billy Bragg 18 appearances New Order 13 appearances · headlined 3× Frank Sidebottom 6 appearances Green On Red 5 appearances The Wedding Present 5 appearances The Wonder Stuff 5 appearances · headlined 1× Butthole Surfers 4 appearances New Model Army 4 appearances

First time at Reading & Leeds in 1989

New OrderThe PoguesBhundu BoysBilly BraggButthole SurfersCrazyheadGaye Bykers on AcidGreen On RedHead of DavidThe House of LoveJesus JonesLes Négresses VertesLoopMary CoughlanThe Men They Couldn't HangMy Bloody ValentinePop Will Eat ItselfSomething HappensSpacemen 3The SugarcubesSwansTackheadThat Petrol EmotionVoice of the BeehiveThe Wedding PresentWorld Dom EnterprisesAll Because The Lady LovesAncient Beat BoxAndrew CunninghamAndy PawlakThe Barely WorksClive Gregson / Christine CollisterThe CropdustersThe Dinner LadiesEdward IIEvon BrenonFrank SidebottomGod's Little MonkeysGutter BrothersHank Wangford+18 more

Longest-awaited returns

  1. New Model Armylast played Reading & Leeds in 19863 years
  2. The Missionlast played Reading & Leeds in 19872 years

Other festivals in 1989

Glastonbury 1989 2 sharedNewport Folk 1989
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Questions about Reading & Leeds 1989

Who headlined Reading & Leeds 1989?

New Order, The Pogues and The Mission were the headliners of Reading & Leeds 1989. The source marks no headliners, so these are the first acts listed on the main stage each day.

How many acts are on the Reading & Leeds 1989 lineup?

The Reading & Leeds line-up page lists 61 acts for Reading & Leeds 1989 across 2 stages. Smaller stages and late additions may be missing.

Who played Reading & Leeds for the first time in 1989?

58 acts on the 1989 lineup had not appeared at Reading & Leeds before in our records, including New Order, The Pogues, Bhundu Boys, Billy Bragg and Butthole Surfers.

Source: Wikipedia, "Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups" (revision 1381448680), CC BY-SA 4.0. The lineup covers the stages and acts that page lists. Billing order follows the order acts are listed there; headliners are the acts it marks as headliners. This year's source marks no headliners, so the first act listed on the main stage each day is shown as the headliner. "First time" means no earlier appearance in this archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.